Featured

FIA F3

Race Report

Formula 1 Gran Premio de Espana 2024
FIA F3 CHAMPIONSHIP

Circuit: Barcelona (E), Length 4.655 km, 21st – 23rd June 2024, Rounds 9 + 10
www.circuitcat.com

JENZER MOTORSPORT 2024:
Charlie Wurz (A), Max Esterson (USA), Matias Zagazeta (PER)

fiaf324 barcelona 01
© Dutch Photo Agency

The 100th race of FIA F3 took place in Barcelona

The FIA F3 Championship held the fifth racing event of the season in Barcelona in the FIA F1 program of the Gran Premio de Espana 2024. It was immediately apparent how close the top-class, 30-vehicle field was.

fiaf324 barcelona 02
© Dutch Photo Agency

Qualifying

Friday, 21/06/24, 15.00 – 15.30, Weather: Sunny, 28°C

The fifth round of the season began on Friday morning with free practice. With very warm temperatures, our drivers were ready to give their best. Max managed to finish a promising 13th, Charlie was right behind him in 14th and Matias, who was back in the FIA F3 racing machine for the first time since his appendix operation, took it easy and finished 27th.
The qualifying session started in the afternoon. As always, this was a delicate matter, because the drivers had to get the tires to the ideal temperature and get themselves into a good position on the track to start a perfect lap. This was very difficult with 30 cars on track. Although his best lap didn't start optimally, Matias ended up in 21st place, right ahead of Charlie, who finished 22nd. Max finished 25th. Practically the whole field was within one second, and the laptimes were very close to each other.

Race One Grid
1st Santiago Ramos (MEX) Trident  
2nd Sami Meguetounif (F) Trident  
3rd Mari Boya (E) Campos  
21st Matias Zagazeta (PER) Jenzer Motorsport  
22nd Charlie Wurz (A) Jenzer Motorsport  
25th Max Esterson (USA) Jenzer Motorsport  

fiaf324 barcelona 03
© Dutch Photo Agency

Race Two Grid
1st Christian Mansell (GB) ART 1:28.463
2nd Arvid Lindblad (GB) Prema 1:28.499
3rd Nikola Tsolov (BUL) ART 1:32.019
21st Matias Zagazeta (PER) Jenzer Motorsport 1:29.184
22nd Charlie Wurz (A) Jenzer Motorsport 1:29.299
25th Max Esterson (USA) Jenzer Motorsport 1:29.360

 

FIA F3 Championship

Race One (Sprint-Race, 40 Minutes)

Saturday, 22/06/24, 10.40, Weather: Sunny, 25°C

The sprint race started in beautiful sunshine. Hard battles for positions began immediately. There were two accidents and the safety car had to be deployed. Our drivers had made up a few places by then, Charlie was now 18th, Matias 19th and Max 24th. At the restart, Matias was surprised and fell back to 23rd place. Since everyone was now driving very evenly and saving the tires, there were not too many changes happening because nobody wanted to take too much of a risk to overtake. Charlie held on to his 18th position, Matias moved up to 22nd and Max was 25th. However, since the tires did not deteriorate in performance as much as expected this time, there were no additional overtaking opportunities. Towards the end of the race another accident occurred and the safety car took over the field again. There was only a short sprint left from the safety car line to the finish line. Charlie reached the finish in 16th place, Matias was 19th and Max 22nd.

Results Race One
1st Mari Boya (E) Campos 38:11.211  
2nd Alexander Dunne (IRL) MP Motorsport Gap 0.453
3rd Oliver Goethe (D) Campos Gap 0.828
16th Max Esterson (USA) Jenzer Motorsport    
19th Charlie Wurz (A) Jenzer Motorsport    
22nd Matias Zagazeta (PER) Jenzer Motorsport    
Fastest lap: Leonardo Fornaroli (I) in 1:32.402

fiaf324 barcelona 04
© Dutch Photo Agency

 

fiaf324 barcelona 11 fiaf324 barcelona 12 fiaf324 barcelona 13 fiaf324 barcelona 14 fiaf324 barcelona 15
© Dutch Photo Agency

FIA F3 Championship

Race Two (Feature Race, 45 Minutes)

Sunday, 23/06/24, 10.05, Weather: Overcast, 20°C

Sunday morning was overcast and there was a small chance of rain. In any case, all cars started on slick tires. Our drivers got off to a good start and there were no accidents. Everyone drove in a good rhythm. When the tires started to wear down a little halfway through the race and at the same time some rain fell on part of the track, positions in the field started to move. Charlie was now 19th, Matias 20th, and Max 25th. Charlie managed to overtake Mini and then Voisin, moving up to 16th place. He drove comparatively quickly and continued to catch up. Later, van Hoepen and Stenshorne dropped back and Charlie was now in 14th position. He brought this place home safely. Matias drove very well in the first half of the race and was positioned ahead of Charlie. But in the middle of the race he felt the performance of his tires quickly dwindle and had to admit defeat to first Charlie and then other competitors. His lap times were now comparatively slow. In the end, he brought his vehicle to the finish line undamaged in 19th place. Max was very consistent and improved by a few places towards the end of the race. He saw the checkered flag in 23nd place. With that the 100th race of FIA F3 was already history.

Results Race Two
1st Arvid Lindblad (GB) Prema 39:09.719  
2nd Christian Mansell (GB) ART Gap 4.447
3rd Leonardo Fornaroli (I) Trident Gap 5.627
14th Charlie Wurz (A) Jenzer Motorsport    
19th Matias Zagazeta (PER) Jenzer Motorsport    
23rd Max Esterson (USA) Jenzer Motorsport    
Fastest lap: Luke Browning (GB) in 1:31.970

We are looking forward to the next race which will take place on the weekend of 30th June 2024 at the Red Bull Ring in Austria.

Championship standings after 10 out of 18 races:

1st Leonardo Fornaroli (I), 84 points: 2nd Luke Browning (GB), 79 points; 3rd Gabriele Mini (I), 72 points; 4th Arvid Lindblad (GB), 71 points; 5th Dino Beganovic (S), 65 points; 6th Oliver Goethe (D), 63 points; 18th Charlie Wurz (A), 10 points; 22nd Max Esterson (USA), 5 points


Charlie Wurz (A)

© Dutch Photo Agency


Max Esteron (USA)

© Dutch Photo Agency


Matias Zagazeta (PER)

© Dutch Photo Agency


2024 FIA F3 Meisterschaft

29 Feb 01/02 March 2024 Formula 1 Bahrain Grand Prix Sakhir (BHR)
22/23/24 March 2024 Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix Melbourne (AUS)
17/18/19 May 2024 Formula 1 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix Imola (I)
23/24/25/26 May 2024 Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix Monte Carlo (MC)
21/22/23 June 2024 Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix Barcelona (E)
28/29/30 June 2024 Formula 1 Austrian Grand Prix RedBull Ring (A)
05/06/07 July 2024 Formula 1 British Grand Prix Silverstone (GB)
19/20/21 July 2024 Formula 1 Hungarian Grand Prix Hungaroring (HU)
26/27/28 July 2024 Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix Spa-Francorchamps (B)
30/31 Aug 01Sept 2024 Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix Monza (I)

Read more:

 


glauser
motorex
racingfuel